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Description
Grid reference: SW 935 483
Ecclesiastical parishes: Creed and Probus. Civil parishes: Grampound with Creed and Probus.
Village, formerly a borough.
Chronological Sequence
Ponsmur, 1308; Graunpound, 1327; Grauntpont, 1370; Grawtpownd, c.1540; Grampond, 1585; Grandpontt, Grampont, 1616; Grompont, 1654; Grampond, 1695, 1712, 1745; Grampound, 1748; Grampond, 1812; Grampound, 1820, 1843, 1884, 2003, 2011
Forms by Earliest Occurrence
Ponsmur : 1308
Graunpound : 1327
Grauntpont : 1370
Grawtpownd : c.1540
Grampond : 1585, 1695, 1712, 1745, 1812
Grandpontt : 1616
Grampont : 1616
Grompont : 1654
Grampound : 1748, 1820, 1843, 1884, 2003, 2011
References
Ponsmur
Henderson, 1956, p126, citing from 1308
Graunpound
A parish, but for fiscal purposes only.
Henderson, 1956, p123, citing from 1327
Grauntpont
Henderson, 1956, p124, citing from 1370
Grawtpownd
Part in the Manor of Wulfedon.
RIC, HendCal 2, c.1920s, §377, p354-61, citing from HI/8/16a, c.1540 (*)
Grampond
Burgh and towne.
RIC, HC/4/85, 1606, citing from 1585 (*)
Grandpontt alias Grampont
RIC, HendCal 30, c.1920s, §215, p285, citing from HM/6/8, 1616 (*)
Grompont
Sanson, 1654, map
Grampond
RIC, HendCal 9, c.1920s, §224, citing from HP/12/31, 1695 (*)
RIC, HC/4/87, 1712 (*)
Henderson, 1956, p125, citing from 1745
Grampound
Martyn, 1748, map
Grampond
Henderson, 1956, p125, citing from 1812
Grampound
A most wretched borough.
Jones, 1820, p19
Tenements in Probus.
CRO, TA/194, 1843
Small town or village in the hundred of Powder, chiefly in the parish of Creed, but is a parish of itself, notably for Poor Rates, but not for ecclesiastical purposes.
Symons, 1884
OS, 1:25000, 2003
OS, 1:25000, 2011